Call to continue work on business climate in Belarus“We need to continue the work on cultivating a new business environment. We need to work continuously to make the tax legislation more capacious, transparent and understandable to economic operators,” Vladimir Andreichenko said...

20 Dec 2018

Fairness described as pillar of Belarus’ national policy“I have recently given an example. There was an opinion poll in Russia, and the majority of people requested fairness, not bread and butter. Many years ago I told you that fairness should be the pillar of our national policy,” Alexander Lukashenko stressed...

Germany supports Belarus in WTO accession“We are very supportive of Belarus’ efforts to join the WTO. Your finance minister talked to our state secretary and clearly underlined that Belarus intends to join the WTO in 2019. It is very important,” Eckhard Franz said...

Belarus’ budget 2019 based on conservative scenario"The budget is predicated on quite hard scenario of economic development and imposes a saving mode for budget-financed organizations. But this does not mean that it will somehow reduce the quality of budget services"...

Bjorndalen: Minsk is a fantastic tourist city“Minsk knocks you off. It is absolutely not the way you thought it would be. Belarusian traditions and hospitality are amazing. Minsk is among the cleanest cities I have ever seen. You have good parks, good air. It is very good for a city of two million. I am saying it as an athlete”...

Lukashenko: Sovereignty is a sacred thing for Belarus“If you want to split Belarus into oblasts and merge with Russia just like [the Russian MP Vladimir] Zhirinovsky suggests, it will never happen. If Russian leadership thinks like that, it is detrimental to Russia”...

Lukashenko: Russian audience knows little about real Belarus“We understand the specifics of the format. However, if you make reports on Belarus, please invite experts who know about the internal political processes in the country, who possess information and can give an adequate and professional assessment”...

14 Dec 2018

Lukashenko: Some issues on Belarus-Russia agenda remain unsettled“We long planned this meeting. Frankly speaking, we were preparing to take stock of the Belarusian-Russian cooperation. Unfortunately, some issues still remain unsettled. My Russian counterpart and I will do our best to address them in the near future,” the head of state said...

13 Dec 2018

Belarus, Russia to continue dismantling trade barriers"It is extremely important to make the trend last. This is why the matter of competitive conditions for doing business in Belarus and Russia is becoming particularly important. Many other cooperation issues have already been resolved. We have yet to work on some other ones"...